Hearts Open Wide: Midwives & Births [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Pam Wellish (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wingbow Pr; 1st edition (January 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914728547
• ISBN-13: 978-0914728542
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars As natural as it gets, November 6, 2004

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This review is from: Hearts Open Wide: Midwives & Births (Paperback)

This book is one of the first I have ever read on Midwifery and had greatly influenced my decision to go back to school to be a midwife. I felt connected with the midwives in this book, not only because the stories took place not to far from where I live, but because I could feel the true companion of midwifery and got the calling. Only in this book can you read about women giving birth NATURALLY, some in mountain homes with no electricity, running water or flushing toilets, simply so their babies could have a decent birth out side of the controlling hospital setting. Only in this book can you hear stories such as the one of a woman delivering her baby in her V.W. bug...how awesome. True age-old midwifery is shown in this book and is a must read to see all aspects of giving birth.